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Helped him to the outside of the bathroom, and without looking at Cheng Muzhi's darkened face, he said to Gao Zhan, "Eunuch Gao, please take care of His Highness to take a bath." Watching Gao Jin help Cheng Muzhi into the room Inside, he sat outside alone and began to analyze the current situation of the court.

Cheng Muzhi had basically recovered when the silver needle was raped, but he still removed the entire hair crown and checked it carefully again. The hair was spread out on the table above, and Gao Jin quickly took it out. Wrapping him in a towel so as not to be touched by the water, he leaned back and leaned against the wall of the bath.Facing Gao Jin who was behind him, "Who is in charge of making the hair-wrapping gift accessories in the Internal Control Department?"

"Returning to His Highness, it is Liu Xu from the Ministry of Rites."

"Liu Xu? Liu Xu..." Cheng Muzhi said the name twice in a low voice, but he didn't have any impression, "Let Gao Xuan investigate in private first, this matter must not be made public, I want to see it, is it right?" Who gave him the courage!" There was a rare ferocity in his eyes, and then he suppressed it, and then opened his eyes, his eyes were clear.

Standing up and putting on his casual clothes, he motioned for Gao Jin to call Liu Qingyan in.

"Ayan, come quickly, tie my hair!" As soon as Liu Qingyan came in, Cheng Muzhi sat in front of the hairdressing table quite consciously, turned around and waved to him actively, without the weak and uncomfortable look just now .Shaking his head helplessly, Liu Qingyan walked behind him, fastened the crown on him, took a new hairband buckle, and pressed his fingers lightly on the acupuncture point on his forehead twice, "Your Highness still feels uncomfortable here. ?”

Cheng Muzhi shook his head and brought the wooden box over.Liu Qingyan fastened the bundle of hair for him, but Cheng Muzhi stood up abruptly, "Ah Yan! Put on the jade pendant you gave me, please put it on for me."

Liu Qingyan still had to look up at him now, and was lost for a moment.When he just came back from the coronet ceremony, he was only concerned with his pale face, and didn't even notice how he was completely coroneted.Looking at it now, I really can afford the word Fenghua.With a high hair crown, the temperament of the whole person has matured in an instant, but still has some arrogance and vigor of a young man.The two temperaments are blended together but there is no contradiction at all.The bridge of the nose is high and straight, the eyebrows are drawn into the temples, and the eyebrows are full of heroism.Now looking at him with a smile in his eyes, Liu Qingyan's heart skipped a beat.

Hastily lowered his head and took out the jade pendant from the wooden box.They are two white jade pendants with double pythons and square patterns. The python pattern holds Ganoderma lucidum in its mouth, symmetrical left and right.A pair of jade pendants were engraved with a word "Mu" and a word "Zhi" on the back, and four tiny characters "gifted by Liu Qingyan" were engraved on the corners of the end.

Liu Qingyan put the jade pendant on the belt on the left and the right. Naturally, men don’t use the palace belt to press the corners of the clothes. On the one hand, the jade pendant is a symbol of status and status, and on the other hand, it can also be used as a palace belt. Liu Qingyan also kept the jade pendant for him. Selfishly, I hope he can use it often.

"Jade is warm and lustrous, which is similar to wisdom; sharp but not harmful, which is similar to benevolence; restrained and not scratchy, which is similar to righteousness; flaws which are inside must be seen on the outside, which is similar to faith; hanging like a pendant, there is It's like a ritual. Therefore, a gentleman does not leave his body without a reason. Since His Highness wears a jade pendant, you can't take it off easily." Liu Qingyan softened his voice, straightened his clothes, and buckled the peace that the second prince gave him. He put it on and put it in the collar.

Looking up, he asked him again, "Your Highness needs to pay more attention to the banquet tonight. Now the concubine Yan Guifei and the eldest prince have a lot of power in the court, and the second prince is stationed in the outer camp. You have not yet returned to the court. You can do everything yourself." careful."

Cheng Muzhi nodded to indicate that he knew, and then grabbed his hand, "A Yan, can you accompany me to the dinner party tonight?"

Liu Qingyan was startled and shook his head, "Even if I want to go, but I'm not yet an adult and I don't have an official position, how can I go..." A thought suddenly flashed in my mind, "Your Highness, don't you want to..."

"Ah Yan is really smart! You can pretend to be my valet and accompany me. Fortunately, you don't go out often. Everyone only hears about you, a prodigy in Shengjing, and has never seen him. You will be fine." While speaking, he grabbed his hand and shook it again, with a hint of coquetry in his tone, "Ah Yan...you can go with me, nothing will happen, Ah Yan..."

Liu Qingyan thought about it too, he was really worried about the daytime hair ceremony, besides, he really wanted to see some specific forms in the court today, so as to make some plans for Cheng Muzhi's entry into the court in the future.Thinking of this, he nodded, and let Cheng Muzhi drag him to change into the servant's clothes.

This time the banquet is naturally Cheng Muzhi as the protagonist, and of course Emperor Hengde and Concubine Yan Gui are at the top of the table, and Cheng Muzhi's position is second only to them. Compared with Cheng Muze, he seems to be in the front Some.All the ministers had arrived long ago. When they saw Cheng Muzhi coming, they all went up to make friends and said a few polite words. Only the left minister Yan Qi and the right minister Hui Shanyuan sat in their seats. , the two glanced at each other, turned their faces away in a tacit understanding, and at the same time let out a cold snort from their noses.

As for Cheng Muze, after everyone finished greeting and retreated, he saw Emperor Hengde and Concubine Yan Gui coming this way, so he went to Cheng Muzhi's side, holding a wooden box in his hand, and said to Cheng Muzhi : "Your Highness the Crown Prince has just finished the hair tie ceremony today. As a brother, I am ashamed to send you the congratulatory gift so late. Don't be disgusted by the Crown Prince."

Cheng Muzhi looked at Emperor Hengde and Concubine Yan Gui who were about to take the throne, and then at Cheng Muze who was smiling brightly in front of him, and said with a smile, "Thank you, big brother." The rest didn't say anything more, Liu Qingyan, who had been pretending to be a close attendant behind him, immediately came forward to take the things, and Cheng Muze saw that Emperor Hengde looked at them kindly, and the purpose in his heart was achieved, and he stopped talking nonsense with Cheng Muzhi immediately. What, returned to his position.

Su Wenquan declared: "The emperor is here, and the concubine Yan Gui is here."

The prince and ministers saluted below. Emperor Hengde looked at the harmonious scene in front of him, felt relieved, and said a few words of congratulations on the scene: "Although today is a state banquet to celebrate the crown prince's coming of age, it is a happy event after all. You don’t have to be too restrictive.”

After finishing talking, Emperor Hengde raised his wine glass first, and the people below naturally stood up immediately, and also raised their glasses one after another. After the first glass of wine was finished, the next attention was on Cheng Muzhi. Cheng Muzhi tied his hair today Once it's over, it's time to officially enter the court tomorrow. This banquet has some other meanings in it.

After listening to the government for three years, I basically knew all the ministers who should know, Huang Qingwen, the commander-in-chief of the Guards, Chen Yuting, the minister of Dali Temple, Li Ye, the Taifu, Liu Yinqiu, the minister, Yanqi from the left, Hui Shanyuan, the minister from the right... a group of people came up After rambling on, Cheng Muzhi no longer knew how many drinks he had been persuaded to drink.

Liu Qingyan stood behind him all the time and looked at the people who came to toast, with his lowered head raised and glanced from time to time, but when Shangshu Liu Yintiao came over, the head that poked forward from time to time was abnormally quiet, Even lower.

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Note: The paragraph Liu Qingyan said in the article comes from "Five Classics Tongyi".